Knife sheath



March 14, 1950 0. DE BUIGNE 2,500,525

KNIFE SHEATH Filed March 9, 1948 F/'g./. Fig.3.

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0 0% 6 I o 38 g 36 1 i"; P15. 54 Q /8 l4-a e g 0 4a a g Inventor 1 CarlDeBuIgne 1 I Y 9 Q g WWW Patented Mar. 14, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE KNIFE SHEATH Carl De Buigne, Detroit, Mich.

Application March 9, 1948, Serial No. 13,871

3 Claims. (01. 224-2) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in knife sheaths and the primary object of the presentinvention is to provide a knife sheath including novel and improvedmeans for holding a knife in position to the sheath.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a safetyloop attachment for knife sheaths that is so designed as to prevent lossof a knife held by the sheath and which will facilitate the placement ofor the removal of the knife relative to the sheath in a convenientmanner.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a safety loopattachment for knife sheaths that is extremely neat and attractive inappearance.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a knifesheath that is simple and practical in construction, strong and reliablein use, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise welladapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a front elevational view of the knife sheath constructed inaccordance with the present invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary rear elevational view of the present knifesheath;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal vertical sectional view takensubstantially on the plane of section line 3-3 of Figure l; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevational view showing the presentsheath in use for holding a knife, and with parts of the sheath shown insection.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numeral I represents the present sheath generally,comprising an elongated rear wall I2 and a forward wall I4 that arepreferably secured to each other adjacent the edges thereof by rivets orthe like I6 to provide a knife blade receiving pocket.

The upper edge I8 of the rear wall I2 is folded rearwardly upon itselfand secured to itself by rivets or the like 20 to provide a sleeve orcasing 22 that engages one longer side 24 of a substantially rectangularring 26. Loosely receiving the remaining longer side 28 of the ring 26,is a fur- Cfl ther sleeve or casing 30 that is formed at one end of anelongated strip of leather 32. This strip 32 is bent rearwardly as at 34and secured to itself by rivets or the like 36 to provide a beltengaging loop 38 which terminates in a pair of strands or laces 40 and42 that extend forwardly through eyelets 44 and 46 fixed to the forwardwall I4. These laces 40 and 42 are braided together to form anornamental tassel 48.

In practical use of the present invention the handle portion 50 of aknife blade 52 that is positioned in the pocket between the rear wall I2and forward Wall I4 is frictionally embraced by the laces 40 and 42, asshown in Figure 4, to prevent loss of the knife. There is a loop 54formed in the laces 40 and 42 behind the rear wall I2 to permit the rearwall I2 to be raised up far enough so that the knife handle 50 may bedisengaged with the laces 40 and 42. When the knife is removed from thepocket between the forward and rear walls of the sheath III, the rearwall l2 then slides downwardly far enough so that the weight of the rearwall I2 hangs on the ring 26. This will permit the forward loop 56 ofthe laces 40 and 42 to remain partially open for ease in returning theknife in the knife blade receiving pocket.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A sheath. comprising a forward wall and a rear wall secured to eachother to provide a knife blade pocket, a sleeve carried by the rearwall, a belt engaging member formed with a sleeve, a ring looselycarried by the sleeves for slidably connecting the rear wall to the beltengaging member, said rear wall having a plurality of openings, andmeans carried by the belt engaging member extendable through theopenings for frictionally engaging the handle of a knife.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said means includes a plurality oflaces carried by the belt engaging member tied to form a loop.

3. In a sheath having a rear wall and a forward wall secured to the rearwall to provide a knife blade pocket, an elongated strap having firstand second end portions, said second end portion of said strap beingfolded inward upon and secured to itself to provide a loop, meansreceived in said loop and connected to said rear wall, the first endportion of said strap being fixed to said loop to provide another loopfor receiving a belt, a pair of spaced extensions projectingiromthe'firsjtefia portion rsaid strap, means carried bysaid fearWall'slidably rciv= ing said extensions, said extensions being tiedforwardly of said rear wall to provide a knife handle receiving loop. M

CARL DE BUIGNE.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,123,862 ElleryJan. 5, 1915 1,302,799 Jablesnik May 6, 1919 10 2,117,937 Brownell .2:Sept; 20, 1937 'FGREIGN'FATENT Number Country Date 171,641 Germany June9, 1905

